Telegram-herald., 1887-12-07

! i See a ths sozEdasiaa Of Cur deselop@sst
ss1 progress. : = s1axlsd. witssGE s6eess.
tssa & 6}ps<cEi<y, - .ze zkzaozt fsEEF6- fne
sfzsaafd II car laeoFeFs' IFS shoai1 rot ee
Essszsskes ~ tast q A1g o,asE soassFy less
( fzs0Fst 4ac tAeF are e1ii Sd . z1fn III
ssAFs - ~ 0sf s4tsss4xss ~ ths isst
s=esa< s = u1cs . Ap7<sr sAst u t1s ~
-. os3 ef car pap&lsr.on es<4ged T. al
( kla4s = i19nstrsss Z e7e 80 are tHplcyec "A
sxrieustoxs I 074 20 - ns1fs ssioaAf aEd Fef-
snzsl sess.ex. : &S8.ss0 - ~tC1 sfs desaes-
+ - sefFzE.s 4ae la53Fefs, sht< s+e 20 4fe
e1lpoFea u tr@ae s11 asHFportstllza 4n1
s -. IL sre eizssz6 1s empl9gss ~ nashofse-
tlsiag sEd mirl1g. F8r present t2ry.oses.
beNSvsr, tEe Last E2-soer s1eui4 be cons Ger
ablS reduced XitnCEt Attempting .
ssanersae al, Il EEl he conceded thst there
skoa;t - cedaeted ffom thoes ~kica Il IN
/ eiades 513 l45 esTpsnssrs sLd lolzess, 80 4 =
/ Ri5iEeEs, dFeseuAEera sEt sc AsnstrSs5<s . tfzs
rs sizeksmiths fS3 7sG lsiloxs ard t&iiosesses,
la2 s7S a2zo1s. u "a natsAsrs, q 30 bakers
I - = 3 slsztergrs, 21d A o9i fD94S.s1 n manu-.
fscsuxing agricultural implements, sHaouat-
iHx Ia tas aggregate % y lso 81, leaving
263 ESQ pxTscns employed "a saca m2Eufse-
/ turing Industries &c are clstmef 10 ce bSne-
n.tec b. nigh tar.n.
The Minority Considered
To these the appeal IS made 10 cave their
| employment ana nsiatain their wages 6y re-
| slstiog a change. There shoEi1 be no clspo-
tltion 10 answer suek suggestions By the ale
CATION that they are IL minority among
thOse sh3 labor, and. therefore, should fore
20 al advantage in TIE interest Of low prices
for The nsjofity, their compensation, - y
| nay Re s1.cled By the operation OF t2Elh
| laws, should 81 AL times be seTupulouzly kept
/ In view, and yet with slight reflection they
| will not overlook the fact that they arc con-
sumers with the rest that they, too, have
their own wants and thoee OF their families TO
supply from their earnings, and that The price
! OF The necessuies OF life. as well as the
vmount ot their wages, win regulate the
measure Il their welfare and comfort. But
| the reduction OF taxation demanded should
DC 20 measured IS not 10 neeessl,ate or tasti-
fy eilher the loss Of employment By the
wcfkiogmen, nor the losing of his wages; ;
and the profits stin remaining TO the manu-
iastmsni, should furnish no eI.
euse for the sacrifice OF the interests
OF his employees either In their opportunity
10 work or In the dlmlnution of their COM
pensati5n. Nor can the worker In manu-
fse'nres fail 10 understand that while high
tariff Is claimed u be necessary TO allow the
payment OF remunersiive wages, IL certainly
results in q very large increase In the price
of nearly all sorts OF manufacturers, which
In almost countless forms, he needs for the
use Of himself and his family He receives
at the desk Of his employer his wages, and
\ DtiHAtb OcAOIc Ic 4rat0rc us 1pAAC 10
ob'iged, ia a purchase fer family use Of an
article which embraces his own labor, 10 re-
turn rs the payment Of the Increase In price
which the tariff permits, the hard earned
compensation OF many days OF toll.
The Farmer
and the agriculturslist who manufacture
nothing, but who pay the increased price
which the tariff imposes upon every sgri-
cultural implement upon ell he wears and
! all hs ayrprt The in
crease of his hOcks aud herds and such things
as his lusbandry produces from
the sell, is. invited to aid in main
tanning the present situation, and he
is tod that high duy on imported
wool ia necessary for tie benefit OF those who
have sheep 10 shear, In order that the price
! OF their wool may be increased. They OF
course are not reminded that the farmer who
has no sheep Is by this scheme obliged, in
his purchases OF clothirg and woolen goods,
! 10 par tribute TO his fellow farmer as well
a. TO the manufacturer and merchant; nor is
any mention msde CT the fact that the sheep
owners themselves and their households,
must wear clothing and use other articles
manufactured from the wool they sell at
tariff prices, and thus as consumers must re-
turn their share of the increased price TO
the trsdesman. think 1t may be fairly ss-
sumed that large proportion OF the sheep
owned by the farmers throughout the coun-
try are fourd la small focks numbering from
25 70 80. The duty on the grade OF imported
wool which these sheep yield, Is ten cents
each pound it oi the value OF 80 cents or less,
and IL cents il OF the valve or more than so
cents. II the liberal estimate OF six pounds
be allowed for each fssce, the duty thereon
would be 90 or 12 cents and this may be
taken ss the most enhancement of its price 20
the farmer by reason OF this duty. Eighteen
dollars would thus represent the increased
price OF the wool for p sheep
Ill. - -
wool OF 80 sheep, and et present values this
addition would amount TO about one-third OF
its price. IL upon It's sale the farmer re-
ceives this or lesa tariff profit, the wool
leaves his hands charged with precisely that
sum which in sll its changes viii adhere to
II, until 1t reaches the consumer. When
manufactured into cloth and other goods,
and rnaterisi for use, its coat is not only in
creased 20 the extent Of the farmers tariff
profit, bu. further SUM has been added for
the benefit of the manufacturer under the
operation OF other tariff laws In the mean
time tie day arrives when the farmer found
10 necessary 70 purchase WOODEN goods and
material tn cothe himself and family for the
winter When he faces the trsdesman for
that purpose he discovers that he is obliged
rot only 10 return In the way OF increased
prices, his tariff prodt on the wool be sold,
and which then perhaps lies before him In
manufactured form, but that he must add con-
siderable sun thereto to meet further in-
crease in cost caused by q tariff duty on the
manufacture.
The Profit Wiped Out.
Thus in the end be Is aroused to the fac,
that he has paid upon a moderate
purchase, as result OF the tariff
\ schcmc, which, when he sold bis
wool teemed so profitable. 81 increase
in price more than sufficient 10 sweep away
all the tsr.ff profit he received upon the wool
he produced and sold. When the number
of farmers engaged in wool raising is com
pared with all the farmers In the country
and the email proportion they bear to ouI
| population IL considered: when 1t is made
apparent thEt in toe case of large part OF
those who own sheep, the benefit OF the pres
| ent tariff on wool Is iIlusory: and, above all
when Il must be conceded that the increase
Of the cost cf living caused by such tariff
becomes burden upon those with moderate
mesns and the poor, the unemployed, The
employed, the sick aud well and the young
ard ol5. sad that Il constitutes tax which
With relertiess grasp, IL fastened upon the
cloihiEg OF every man, woman and child IL
the land. reasons are suggested why the re
moSsI or reduction of this duty should be In
ciudsd IN revsi0n of our tariff laws. IL
sumer u cur home manufacturers, resulting
f5om cgs5 lad UPON
Imported Articles
} ~ the same description. fhe fact is not over
looked ttSt competition among oul
sf G. of keeping TIE price Of theil
! PRODUCTS hclo~ tks highest limit allowed b
sora duty. Bat i q notorlous that this com
retitioa Is too often stranEled BY comhins
ti0rs qrsfe prevalent a. ttis time and fre
au@nty Gated trus;s. which have for theii